Mitchell James Langerak (/ˈlæŋəræk/ LANG-ə-rak;[3] born 22 August 1988) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Melbourne Victory.
[5] Once the loan finished Langerak continued his duties as the Victory's third choice goalkeeper before Eugene Galekovic moved to Adelaide United.
With first choice Michael Theoklitos making his move overseas, Victory signed New Zealand international Glen Moss from Wellington Phoenix.
On 13 April 2010, Melbourne announced that they had rejected a bid for Langerak from German giants Borussia Dortmund, however talks continued.
[7] On 4 May 2010, Langerak revealed to FourFourTwo Magazine, that Borussia Dortmund had made a second, substantially increased, bid for his services on the same day as the interview, but was again rejected by Melbourne Victory.
Langerak made a return to the first team squad for the first time picked before an available Weidenfeller in Dortmund's second round DFB-Pokal game with Dynamo Dresden.
[11]On 23 August 2014, Langerak conceded the fastest goal (9 seconds), in the history of Bundesliga, on the opening game of the season 2014–15, a home match against Bayer Leverkusen, which ended in a 2–0 loss for Dortmund.
[25][26] Langerak received his first senior national team call-up in March 2011, named by coach Holger Osieck as a member of the 17-man squad to play Germany in a friendly match.
[27] Langerak made his debut for Australia's senior team in an international friendly against France on 12 October 2013, a match in which the Socceroos were thrashed 6–0.
[32] In May 2021, having represented Australia eight times, Langerak announced his retirement from international football due to wanting to remain with his family during the COVID-19 pandemic.